Kinga Britschgi, 1963 | Surrealist painter

Kinga Britschgi is a Hungarian artist living in the United States. She is best known for her magical digital images that always have some dark surrealistic elements. She was born in Nagyatád, Hungary and moved to the U.S. in 1995. She has a degree in Fine Arts (graphic design), TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), and Elementary Education.

Her works were published in numerous professional publications and in 2013 Adobe chose her as one of the artists in their 'New Creatives' campaign.

She lives with her husband and son in Boise, Idaho.

Giuseppe De Nittis | Impressionist painter

Giuseppe De Nittis 1846-1884 - printmaker, painter / draughtsman.

Born in Barletta in Apulia, De Nittis received his first artistic training from Giambattista Calò, a local painter, before moving to Naples in 1861 to attend the Istituto di Belle Arti.

He was expelled in 1863 for failing to conform to academic practice.

At that time, De Nittis' main interest was in experimenting with plein air painting.

In 1864, together with Matteo De Gregorio, Federico Rossano, and the Florentine sculptor, Adriano Cecioni, De Nittis founded the 'Scuola di Resina'. Cecioni became an important link between De Nittis and the Macchiaioli.

Marc Hanson, 1955 | Moon Shadows

Having grown up in a military family, Marc’s youth was spent on the move.

He was born in Oxnard, California and spent some of his early school years there. But his geographical resume soon included Alaska, Florida, Arkansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Norway.

After his father’s retirement from the Air Force, Marc’s family settled in the small northern California community of Loomis. Marc began college as a biology major, but soon applied to and was accepted into Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, majoring in illustration.

After Art Center and a brief stint as a staff illustrator in Sacramento, California, Marc moved to Minnesota where he lived for 33 years while raising a family and pursuing his art. Marc relocated to Colorado in the Fall of 2012.

Marc Dalessio, 1972 | Naturalistic painter

Marc Dalessio, born in Los Angeles, California, is a naturalistic painter who at a young age has established himself as one of the foremost plein-air painters working today.

Marc’s artistic training began at the University of California at Santa Cruz where he majored in biology and fine art.

After graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1992, he moved to Florence, Italy and trained as a portraitist for four years under Charles Cecil at his atelier.

John Rowe, 1954 | Disney Fine Art

John received his training at Art Center College of Design and began his career as an illustrator. His paintings have appeared on movie posters, books, billboards, magazines and advertisements throughout the country and around the world.

Seeking an additional outlet for his creative vision, John began his Horse Series, bringing together equine beauty and power with emotions of the human spirit. When the publishers of Walter Farley's The Black Stallion saw John's work, they were inspired to re-issue this classic series, commissioning 24 new paintings by John for the covers.

George Owen Wynne Apperley | Figure / Symbolist painter

George Owen Wynne Apperley R.I. R.A. was born 17th June 1884 in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England and died in Tangier in 1960.

George was educated at Eagle House, Sandhurst and at Uppingham School prior to studying art at Herkomer Academy, Bushey, Herts.

He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, 1905 and then mounted his first individual exhibition in London, 1906.

He was elected as a member of the Royal Institute of Watercolour Artists in 1913.

Leonardo da Vinci | Del primo principio della scienza della Pittura..

Trattato della Pittura

Parte seconda | Capitoli 41-53

Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura | Testo Integrale

Indice

41. Del primo principio della scienza della pittura.

42. Principio della scienza della pittura.

43. Del secondo principio della pittura.

44. In che si estende la scienza della pittura.

45. Quello che deve prima imparare il giovane.

46. Quale studio deve essere ne' giovani.

47. Quale regola si deve dare a' putti pittori.

48. Della vita del pittore nel suo studio.

49. Notizia del giovane disposto alla pittura.

50. Precetto.

51. In che modo deve il giovane procedere nel suo studio.

52. Del modo di studiare.

53. A che similitudine dev'essere l'ingegno del pittore.

41. Del primo principio della scienza della pittura.

Il principio della scienza della pittura è il punto, il secondo è la linea, il terzo è la superficie, il quarto è il corpo che si veste di tal superficie; e questo è quanto a quello che si finge, cioè esso corpo che si finge, perché invero la pittura non si estende più oltre che la superficie, per la quale si finge il corpo figura di qualunque cosa evidente.

Laura Knight | The Nuremberg Trial, 1946

At the end of the war Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) proposed to the War Artists' Advisory Committee the Nuremberg war crimes trials as a subject. The Committee agreed and Dame Laura Knight went to Germany in January 1946 and spent three months observing the trials from inside the courtroom. The result was the large oil painting, The Nuremberg Trial.

This painting departs from the realism of her earlier wartime paintings, in that whilst realistically depicting the Nazi war criminals sitting in the dock during their trial, the rear and side walls of the courtroom are missing to reveal a ruined city, partially in flames.